STAYING FOCUSED IN A CONFUSED WORLD

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, is a land flowing with milk, honey and bitter-leaf. To the uninitiated, the acclaimed centre of excellence will only come across as an eldorado. To veterans, however, Eko is an irony of sorts.

Make no mistake about it, billions flow in the land. And so do red oil and eggs. While stepping out to work this morning, yours sincerely encountered two small calabashes - filled with sparkling red oil and 3 eggs each - placed at the strategic Obalende-CMS bridge intersection. Haba! On a Monday morning?!!

Spontaneously, I bursted into tongues, nullifying and destroying the works of the devil. I have learnt not to take such things for granted. Trust me, such a 'ritualistic' sight could easily distort your mental calculations for the day.

From daylight highway rituals to the perpetually angry bus drivers, and then to the ever-demanding bosses at work, staying focused in today's world indeed takes a great deal of courage.

Courage, in this context, "involves working at a relationship, continually seeking solutions to difficult problems, and staying focused during stressful periods," says Denis Waitley.

So how do U stay focused in a confused world like ours?

First, define yourself. Who exactly are you? What do you do for a living? Why are you here? What is it U feel U are born to do that makes U fulfilled?

If you don't have straight answers to those questions, then you should at least have a clue. But if you don't, then you need to jerk up your 'self-esteemometer'.

Your result is a function of your level of self-esteem. Iyanla Vanzant puts it this way, “Everything that happens to U is a reflection of what U believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.”

This is a life-long journey, not a one-off thing. If U think U can, U can.

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